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Music of the American Experience: Moravian Roots and the Reality of Modern Military Families

Program: Piedmont Arts Podcast
Aired: Monday, June 29, 2026 listen
Hosted by Rachel Stewart · Judlyne Gibson

As American celebrates its 250^th Anniversary this week, our Piedmont Arts podcast features two conversations that explore different aspects of the American experience, one past and one present. Moravian music expert Dr. Christopher Ogburn tells us how the Moravians, who settled in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, made significant contributions to music in colonial and post-Revolutionary America. And we talk to the composer and librettist of the opera The Falling and Rising which examines the ways war impacts modern military family life. Their opera is coming to the Brevard Music Center in July 2026.